Convertible brush.



H W B PHELPS CONVERTIBLE BRUSH APPLICATION FILED maze 1916. nuuww MAY]I9l8 Pltonted bapt 5 1918 2 SHEETSSHEET1 H. W B. PHELPS.

CONVERTIBLE BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED mnzs. 1916. RENEWED MAY HENRY. .w, a; Termites,

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CONVERTIBLE BRUSH.

Spectfimtion of Letters -Patent.

Patented'Sept. 3, 1.918..

App liehttpn filed April 26, 1916, Serial No. 93,678. Renewed May 7 916. Serial No. 233,171!

To all whom it may concern:

awcitiz en of the tilted States, residing at Mattoor iyin the gfmnt-y ofCotes and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Convertible Brushes, of which tl1e.-foll.o\\ing. is aspeeitidation.

This'invention' r'lates to eonrertihle implements whiehmay be employedwith advantage about stables aml barns and. which mayfhe readily adaptedtor use for one pun pose'or another as may be found Llosilatilfi. It inone aim of the invent ion to provide an in'iploment of this classincluding a clamliing frame within \vlrich'inay be at rangeiia mass ofstraws. lil'l$tlt$ or fibers, or, iii fact, any material \rhirh it mayhe desired to employ and which will, 0? course, vary in character inaccordance with the work to be (lone so that stiff bristles may bearranged with-in the: frame if it is desiredto use the llllplillltflllas afst.-=; .ble' broom or a mass offib'ers of suitable texture may bearranged within the. frame it it is desir.e(1f to'nse theiurplement as apaint brush or. a' whitewash brush, or bristle-s or straws ofadifl'eront texture maybe arranged within the frame and the 1.1 '.:e. byreason of the'preseiiee at the illtlS of the frame of curry eo'mlomembers. maybe employed as a. lorry comb and horse brush. .t-urthermore,thi iiiipl e'men't en'ibottyiugthe present inyentioh is so eonstructer'tas to permit of the epii'lioation thereto ofali'lterent types (if hen(lies depending upon theuseto which the 1 be-put'hmhi-n one form ofliittaclitnentthe handle is adjnsteble nngiilafly w'ithrelation to thebody of the J aili'thesitid n'iemhers may he readily Ehl GNtl'yseparated sons to pernint he bristles on other Imaterial c1 the frame,thereby adding to the iiieof the-implement... i

In the accompanying drawings:

' Figure]. is aperspeetive View of the 'de-f "implement"sothat thehandle (may stn'fid the iiiexftbersftwmprising the clamping.

' I Thee, the view illustrating one fo'rnfiof huh Belt known thiall,I-Iexmr W. B. PHELPS,

g lle employral in eonnection tl'ie'i'e'willii Fig. .2 a horizontalsectioiial View a through the struethre shown in Fig. 1.-

Fig, 3 11s a perepeetive View of thenjiem hers 'prm iihid for mountingthe handle shown in. Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. -l is a u-rspevtivo "imlofthe'l. ii'sh elanipin llltllllifll'ri of the device. 85 Fig. 0 is uHltll elevation of: the devic proviilml with IllUtlifiCtl tormot handlerFig. (3 is a Ptlslllt'tifl VlPW of the handle ferrule shown iu Fig. w I

The device embodying the prese t iii-ven fi-"m tion includes a headcompriin'g eoagting damping members Clonlgnerl to bind* the straws orbristles tf lilliil'l.lllg the broom or brush as the (use may he amlthese cl'a'n'rp'f ing nlenil'iere a re clearly shown in Fig. 490F135 thedra. wing n Each oi. the u'iembers is; p'ref erably formed fi'fnn asuitable length or bar nietal' and one of these mmbers'edmpri'ts arlamping or body portion 1 havihg; t enrls bent. -to-T'extend atrightangles '{fr 131 30 the plane occupied bythe said boiiiy porti'oir' asindicated by the numeriil fl." '1 mother (clampingmen'iber compries aborl 'ortioh 3 having ends tnorrespon'ding to" the- {mil 2-.- of themei-nber 1.. The u'ie'lnlber 3, honei b 8b slightly :i horter than themember '2 Sm that the members may-the assoniblbd"ivtlr the enrls lof themember Fl-bxtriulilig be side the inner fares of tho vials of ttho}meniher 1. as shown in Fig. 2 or thedrnwlilw ings, it helm; understoodthat thestraws' ori bristles, or any other ii'iaterial whicl. ia'y: takethe place thereof, are to be el ipetl and rohtinerl between. these twoniembeiier In tliletlraivings the straws or 'brieti imlirategl lily thenumeral 5 anti are 'l twen theine nbtii l. and 3 with l' l'ltii'lmediate portions surrounded by 't. I)'I.Qlill)8IS,1 after wliieh the"menthol drawn together to elain' i-t'he JmlSS OfiStP-QW 00! orthe likeby means of bolts he will now explaineih Ordinarily two of the bolfitttin tioueil .\'\-'i ll' be eni il'oyecli and these bolt m iinliratetl bythe numeral 6 and are fitlied l through openings?!" and 8 formed intherlb'li n aauhem 1 and 3, as clearly .sh'pwn ineFig i 2' and 4- ofthelriraw'ings. The bolts 62a. a threaded throngliout-their oppositend-poir-l-l tionermd nae-(1:1 m the tl'rre'iidedondi 9H 1.10 sbf eaehboltiisa nut-9 designodw earn agimiristt he dampin member" 1' or 8- asfleet case may be, these nuts 9 being tightened" ,handle as a wholefor'an to the desired extent so as to cause the clamping members tofirmly bind the mass of straw or bristles. The bolts 6 are of suchlength that after the nuts 9 have been tightened in the manner statedthe threaded ends of the bolts will extend a sutficient distance beyondthe nuts to permit of the attachment, in a manner to be presentlyexplained, of the handle or handles of the implement.

In order that the implement may be employed as a curry comb, each end 2of the clamping member 1 sup-ports a comb section comprising anattaching portion 10 riveted or otherwise secured as at 11 to therespective end 2 and spaced flanges or side portions 12 which havetoothed outer edges 13. The comb members extend transversely of the ends2 as will be observed by reference to Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings, andthese members and the straws 5 are so proportioned as concerns theirrelative lengthsthat the straws will project at their ends considerablybeyond the ends of the said comb members and, therefore, in eti'ect thedevice embodies two brush or broom heads, either of which may beemployed and, of course, either curry comb member may be made use of, asfound desirable or converient.

The form of handle shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawingsincludesattaching bracket members, each comprising a body portion 1;having a perforated attaching car 14, the opening in which is designedto receive the end of one of the bolts 6 as shown in Fig. 2, a wing nutbeing threaded onto the said end of the bolt for the purpose of securingthe bracket member in place. When a pair of the bracket members hawcbeen assembled with the ends of the bolts (3 at one side of the devicein the proper manner, the body portions 14 of the sa d bracket memberswill occupy parallel planes and will be suitably spaced with respect toeach other. Each of the said body portions is provided with an' opening17 and with a series of openings 18 equidistant from the opening 17 Thehandle proper is indicated by the numeral 19 and is provided with aferrule 20 .which is fitted to its-end and which. has spaced cars 21designed to project beyond the-body portions 14 of the said bracketmembers, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Bolts22 are fitted through the saidears and through the openings 17 and serve to connect. the earsoighiuotlier words, the lar adjustment with relation to the said racketmembers and to the remainder of t e device. In order that the handle maybe held in the desired adjusted position, bolts 23 are carried by thecars 21 and are cngageable interchangeablyv in the openings 18 and winnuts 24;v

are threaded In to the bolts an may be tightened so as to bind againstthe body portions 14 of the bracket members for the purpose stated. Itwill now be understood that the handle above described my be applied tothe main portion of the device at cit-her side thereof and withoutdisturbing the adjustment of the clamping members 1 and 3, inasmuch asit is not necessary to loosen the nuts 9 in removing or applyin thehandle. Therefore, whenever desire the handle just described may beremovc and one or two handles such as shown in Figs. 5 and (3 of thedrawin s, may be substituted therefor. Each-oi these handles com )risesa tubular ferrule 25 provided at its oruard end with outstandingintegral cars 26 through which and the arch of a yoke 27 are securedrivets or other suitable fastening devices 28, a screw or the like,indicated by the numeral 29, being fitted through an opening 30 in thatportion of the yoke 27 which is o posite the said forward and of the'term e and being driven into the handle which is indicated by thenumeral 31 and which is fitted into the ferrule in the usual manner. Thearch of the yoke 27 is provided at its end with apertured attaching cars32 to receive the 'projccting ends of the bolts 6 in the manner shown inFig. 5 of the drawings. It will be observed that this figure illustratesthe arrangement of the device when the same is to be employed as a currycomb and horse brush and it will be understood that either or both ofthe handles illustrated in the said figure may be'employed.

From the foregoing description of the in vcntion, it. will be understoodthat at the time of sale the brush may be adapted to the use to which itis to be put or, if desired, the brush, together with the two forms ofhandles and several sets of brush heads or the like may be supplied tothe purchaser and he may then substitute one kind of brush head foranother and also substitute one type of handle for another. Of course,it will be apparent that the brush may always be put to the same use or,if desired, for example, if the brush has been in use for a considerablelength of time as a curry comb it may be readily converted into a,white-wash brush by removing the bristles which served originally toadapt the implement for use as a horse brush and substitute thereforbristles adapting the device for use as a white-wash brush, the longhandle being substituted for either or'both of the short handles Then,after the job of white-washing has been completed the whitewash bristlesmay be removed and. the clamping frame for the bristles may be cleanedas also the comb members and bristles substituted for the whitewashbristles adapting the brush for use again as a horse brush, theshcrterhandle or handles being substituted, of course, for the long handle.

I ing clamping members designed to embrace and bind h'ru'sh materialonthelike disposed Having thus described the imiention whqte i5 claimeas new is:

1. In a device of the class described; meetbetween them; boltslittedthroitlgh the said members andeaoh provided at one end with en abutmentbearing against one of the members*,,a.1.;nut threaded upon the otherend of each bolt, a handle having portions fitted to the lastmentionedends of the bolts, and v through the said portions aird ihavin theiropposite ends threafld,,a iil fthrehd fupon one end of h. el h aideuts ermg. against one of the clempin @members, other nuts threaded pent-he,'n ends ohth e bolts and bearing against the other clamping Lssdescribed, eoaetdesigned to emhraee member',-and a handle ha'vingporbiona 'dee signedto be fitted g'alectivelgoto'tha first or lest'mentioned endfp oi, the nuts desi Ed -to be tli i'eaded'seleetivelyfonto the s ai ends of, thd'holtsend to secure the vsaid handle portionsthereto;

3. 111- dex igb of the oless described; a head eomprislng brush materialelem ing members, a curry comb eeotion carri by one of the said membersand extending beside the brush material bound by the said head, and ahandle connected Wlth' one or the said clamping members.

4. In a device of, the-class heed eomprisinggbrush meterial clam mgmembers, a, may eomb section oerri one of the said memberenn'd extendingbesi e i the brush matenialbolmd-by the said head and .a handleconnectedwith one of the sei clamping'members, the handle bein angulerlyadjustable with relation to t e said head. i

In testimony whereof I aflix HENRY W. PHELP mg signeture.

